WHKMLA : History of France, Drole de Guerre 1939-1940 - [ Traduire cette page ]WW II : Drole de Guerre (Phoney War), 1939-1940 ... The situation of a war without shooting has been dubbed DROLE DE GUERRE (a mockery of a war) or PHONEY ...
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Le glossaire du forum "Livres de guerre""Semblant de guerre" ou la "drôle de guerre" pour les Anglais. Les Britanniques disaient également "funny war" dérivé de "phoney war" ou guerre bidon. ...
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also "funny war" or "joke of war" that I like less

sitzkrieg: Definition and Much More From Answers.com - [ Traduire cette page ]The term has equivalents in many other languages, notably the German Sitzkrieg ("sitting war," a pun on Blitzkrieg), the French drôle de guerre ("funny war" ...
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Drole de guerre v1.2 - [ Traduire cette page ]The French called this strange time "drole de guerre" (joke of war); they can't imagine what will happen soon. 10th May 1940: The Germans, following the ...
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www.1939-45.org / 1940 Le flot monteLa drôle de guerre, the "phoney war" comme disent les Anglais, se poursuit rythmée par de timides accrochages frontaliers... 12 mars 1940. ...
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